In Memory Of
COOMBS, FREDERICK HERBERT
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1892-12-04
Service No:
K/17342
Rank:
Stoker 1st Class
Unit:
H.M.S. "Indefatigable."
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1916-05-31
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, ship loss. This was the first of the three British battlecruisers to be sunk at Jutland. She was struck by at least two salvoes from Hipper's battlecruisers around 15.58 on 31st May 1916. HMS Indefatigable was seen to sink by the stern, rolling over to port. There were two survivors from a crew of 1019.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
15.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Lewis James and Cecilia Dora Coombs, of Clifford Farm, Bath, Somerset. Born Cape Town, South Africa. A farm labourer
